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Importance of Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex Gain and Refixation Saccade Analysis in Individuals Sinha Et Al Published online: 04.11.2019 THIEME e140 Original Research Importance of Vestibulo-ocular Reflex Gain and Refixation Saccade Analysis in Individuals with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder Sujeet Kumar Sinha1 Anuj Kumar Neupane1 Krithika Gururaj1 1 Department of Audiology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Address for correspondence Sujeet Kumar Sinha, PhD, Department Mysore, Karnataka, India of Audiology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, Karnataka, India (e-mail: [email protected]). Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2020;24:e140–e148. Abstract Introduction Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) features the presence of otoacoustic emissions, poor speech identification score and absent auditory brainstem response. Objective The present study was designed to evaluate the functioning of all six semicircular canals in individuals with ANSD and to compare it with those of normal- hearing individuals. Methods A total of 50 individuals participated in the present study, in which Group I comprised 25 normal-hearing individuals, and Group II comprised 25 individuals with ANSD. All of the participants underwent case history, pure tone audiometry, immittance, otoacoustic emissions, auditory evoked response and video head impulse test (vHIT). Results The independent sample t-test revealed significantly lower vestibulo-ocular reflex gain values in individuals with ANSD. A presence of 100% corrective refixation saccades was observed in the same group. The Pearson correlation test revealed no significant correlation between vestibulo-ocular reflex(VOR)gainwithdurationof Keywords hearing loss and pure tone thresholds for any of the three orthogonal planes. The chi- ► auditory neuropathy squared test revealed no association between the VOR gain values and the presence or ► semicircular canals absence of saccades in any of the semicircular canals (p > 0.05). ► vestibulo-ocular Conclusion Huge percentages of individuals with ANSD have been found to have reflexes associated vestibular dysfunction as well. Therefore, the vHIT can be used as one of the ► saccades important tests of the vestibular test battery to evaluate all six semicircular canals in ► pure tone threshold individuals with ANSD. 6 Introduction larly, in 1999, Berlin reported 4% of children with permanent hearing loss with ANSD. In the Indian scenario, it was reported Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) is character- that 1 in every 183 individuals with sensorineural hearing loss ized by the presence of otoacoustic emissions, the absence of has ANSD,7 whereas the prevalence of ANSD was reported to be auditory brainstem response, and of poorer speech identifica- 2.27% in school-going hearing impaired children.8 tion score that does not correlate with the pure tone thresh- The prevalence of vestibular impairment varies across stud- – old.1 4 The epidemiological data on ANSD varies across the ies. In a retrospective study on 50 individuals with ANSD, 53% of studies and age groups. In 1979, Davis et al5 reported that 1 in them were found to have vestibular dysfunction with hypo- every 200 children with hearing impairment have ANSD. Simi- active caloric response.9 Prabhu et al10 reported that one in five received DOI https://doi.org/ Copyright © 2020 by Thieme Revinter March 22, 2018 10.1055/s-0039-1697004. Publicações Ltda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil accepted ISSN 1809-9777. June 23, 2019 Importance of Vestibulo-ocular Reflex Gain and Refixation Saccade Analysis in Individuals Sinha et al. e141 individuals with ANSD reported at least one of the vestibular vestibular neuritis,24 adults with congenital sensorineural symptoms. A few other studies have also reported affected hearing loss,25 and in vestibular migraine.26 The inclusion of – sacculocollic11 13 and utriculo-ocular pathways14 in these the vHIT in the vestibular test battery for the diagnosis of individuals. Also, abnormal response has been reported in vestibular lesions in individuals with ANSD will provide the Mann, Romberg and Fukuda stepping tests for eyes closed information about all the six semicircular canals. condition suggesting a possible involvement of peripheral Therefore, the present study aimed at evaluating the vestibular organs in individuals with ANSD.13 functioning of all six semicircular canals in individuals However, earlier studies have also reported variability in with ANSD and to compare it with those of normal hearing vestibular test results in individuals with ANSD. Sinha et al individuals. Vestibulo-ocular reflex gain function and refix- (2013b)13 reported abnormality of cervical vestibular evoked ation saccades (if any) in both groups were analyzed. The myogenic potentials (cVEMPs) in 82.26% of the ears with ANSD, present study also aimed at finding out a correlation between Ismail et al15 reported absence of cVEMPs in 50% of the ears vHIT test findings with duration of disorder and pure tone with ANSD, Kumar et al12 reported abnormal cVEMPs in 65% of thresholds and finding out an association between the the ears with ANSD, and Sinha et al (2013b)13 reported absence presence or absence of saccades with VOR gain values in of ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (oVEMPs) in individuals with ANSD (if any). 90% of the ears with ANSD. There was a large variability not only in the cVEMPs and oVEMPs, but also in caloric test Methods findings. For example, Starr et al3 reported absent responses to caloric tests in 20% of the participants with ANSD, Abdel- Two groups of individuals were included in the present Nasser et al16 reported reduced caloric responses in 30% of the study. Group I consisted of 25 participants (18 males and 7 subjects with ANSD, whereas Sinha et al17 reported reduced females) in the age range of 16 to 40 years (x̅ ¼ 22.16; σ ¼ 1.8) caloric responses in 86% of the participants with ANSD. with bilateral hearing sensitivity within normal limits as The caloric test is considered as a gold standard test for the examined with pure tone audiometry. Also, these individuals evaluation of the 2 lateral semicircular canals in a very low and reported to have no history or presence of any otological, brief frequency range (0.002–0.004 Hz). However, thefrequen- neurological or vestibular disorders. None of the individuals cy range assessed by the caloric test is way below thefrequency had been treated with any vestibulotoxic medications. Group range to which a normal hearing individual is exposed in II consisted of 25 participants (18 males and 7 females) in the everyday life.18 Also, the caloric test does not assess the age range of 16 to 40 years (x̅ ¼ 29.20; σ ¼ 7.8) and diagnosed anterior and the posterior canal. Even after combining the with bilateral ANSD. The diagnosis of ANSD was made based cVEMP, oVEMP and caloric test results, we obtain information on poor word recognition scores, preserved otoacoustic about the saccule, the utricle, and only the horizontal semicir- emission/cochlear microphonics resembling normal OHCs cular canals. Hence, there is a need to assess the anterior and (outer hair cells) functioning, abnormal auditory brainstem the posterior canals in individuals with ANSD. evoked potentials and absent acoustic reflexes. These indi- Halmagyi et al19 have come up with an advanced nonin- viduals had no history or presence of any otological disor- vasive tool based on the principle of the head impulse test ders. A neurological opinion was taken to further confirm the (HIT), known as the video head impulse test (vHIT). The vHIT diagnosis of ANSD. A total of 5 out of 25 participants with is a software-based test that consists of goggles with gyro- ANSD presented with vestibular signs and symptoms. De- scope to quantify the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) gain mographic details, duration of the disorder, and audiological function and refixation saccades.20 The vHIT has good test information of each of the individuals with ANSD are shown retest reliability21 and good sensitivity in identifying semi- in ►Table 1. circular canal lesions in various clinical populations, such as All of the testing procedures performed in the present Meniere disease,22 benign paroxysmal positional vertigo,23 study were noninvasive and were approved by the review Table 1 Details of Degree, Duration and Configuration of Hearing Loss in Individuals with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder Participants Age(years old)/ Ear Severity of hear- Pure tone Duration of the gender ing loss configuration disorder (years) P1 40/F Right Moderate Reverseslope 1 Left Moderately severe Reverse slope P2 35/M Right Moderately severe Reverse slope 1 Left Moderate Reverse slope P3 38/F Right Moderately severe Flat 5 Left Moderate Flat P4 19/M Right Minimal Flat 8 Left Minimal Flat (Continued) International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology Vol. 24 No. 2/2020 e142 Importance of Vestibulo-ocular Reflex Gain and Refixation Saccade Analysis in Individuals Sinha et al. Table 1 (Continued) Participants Age(years old)/ Ear Severity of hear- Pure tone Duration of the gender ing loss configuration disorder (years) P5 40/M Right Minimal Reverse slope 0.5 Left Minimal Reverse slope P6 22/M Right Moderate Flat 8 Left Moderately severe Flat P7 26/F Right Minimal Reverse slope 1 Left Minimal Reverse slope P8 32/M Right Moderate Flat 2 Left Moderate Flat P9 16/F Right Moderate Reverseslope 1 Left Moderately severe Reverse slope P10 19/F Right Moderate Reverseslope 1 Left Moderate Reverse slope P11 28/F Right Moderate Flat 5 Left Moderate Flat P12 26/M Right Moderate Flat 5 Left Moderately severe Sloping P13 28/F Right
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